· Food situation in India and outside – tapping the unconventional post harvest losses and prospect for food processing.
a) Study of manufacturing processes
b) Unit operations
c) Production techniques
d) Consumer perception
e) Hazard Analysis and Management
f) Hygiene and quality management
g) Food hygiene principles; standards
h) Quality control; risk management
i) Physical and chemical characterization of quality parameters
· Product design and evaluation
a) (a) Selection of the product
b) (b) Different phases of product designing
c) (c) Product evaluation
Subjective- Fundamental rules for scoring & grading and conducting sensory evaluation. Types of Test -Difference tests, Rating Tests, Sensitivity tests, Descriptive Tests
Objective – Chemical methods, Physicochemical Methods, Physical, Microscopic methods and techniques
d) (d) Shelf life studies
a) Sols, gels and emulsions
b) Rheology of food
c) Colour, texture and flavor
d) Concept of pH, viscosity
a) Objectives and types of packaging
b) Basic packaging material and their protective quality
c) Effect of packaging on nutritive value of foods
d) Advanced trends in food packing
e) Food product labeling& Nutrition labeling
a) Consumer research in product design
b) Introduction to consumer research
c) Means-End Chain (MEC) theory and practice
d) Generation of new ideas in the early stages of the new product development process
e) Development of new product concepts by the new product development team
f) Testing product concepts in the later phases of the new product development process
g) Selection of products for further development , problems met and lessons learnt